Oregon lawmakers proposed to partly fund the Convention Center hotel with $10 million in lottery bonds.

Metro officials were seeking $12 million in state bonds for the project, which would be built in partnership with Mortensen Development. Metro projects the project, once completed, would generate around $5 million per year in income taxes and a special hotel tax would pay down $60 million in public bonding for the project.

The project has drawn opposition from a consortium of private hoteliers, who charge that the project will offer unfair competition for visitors.

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The technology industry is always in flux. And this rapid rate of change poses challenges to companies ranging from nimble startups aiming to make their mark to established organizations fighting to remain relevant. This is particularly true in the competitive digital display market, where an Oregon company has been at the forefront of nearly every major breakthrough in the last three decades.

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